Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 January 13

January 13
This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on January 13, 2014.

Phthalo Records



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 18:55, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Phthalo Records → Phthalocyanine Blue BN (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Was a redirect to Phthalo, but the content there about this meaning of that term is not there. It was removed as non-notable corp, and instead set as a redirect to a notable other page with a similar name. I don't see a page anywhere with content about Phthalo Records. DMacks (talk) 19:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. While Phthalo reasonably redirects to Phthalocyanine Blue BN, Phthalo Records is not mentioned there (as indeed User:DMacks already stated), and it is misleading so to redirect. In the absence of a reasonable retarget, it should be deleted. It was listed at List of record labels: I-Q, but only as Phthalo; that was obviously wrong, so I have changed it to Phthalo Records there, but that is not meant to preclude the discussion here. Si Trew (talk) 11:11, 18 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Also Delete Phthalo → Phthalocyanine Blue BN
 * I have now gone through all the pages that linked to Phthalo, and they were in fact all music-related pages so I have piped them all (about half a dozen or so) through Phthalo Records. That makes it a lot clearer that, in fact, Phthalo Records sthould be a redlink (like a lot of other record labels are). Phthalo has no other science-related links and should also be deleted since it does not appear to be a common term; indeed Phthalo would be better as the name of the article describing Phthalo Records, were there to be one, since the What Links Here showed more use in that sense (both before and after I changed the pipes. I have not changed the pipes to obfuscate the issue, rather to clarify it; they wrongly linked to the chemistry article and needed fixing whatever the result of this RfD. Si Trew (talk) 11:28, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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Wadi_Feiran



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. While any editor is encouraged to create an article here, I won't do so myself, as an RfD comment doesn't quite meet WP:RS standards. --BDD (talk) 18:56, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Wadi_Feiran → Wadi Faran (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Deletion. Wadi Feiran is an area in the Sinai Peninsuela. Wadi Faran, according to its Wiki article, is a valley in Saudi Arabia. Jbfair728 (talk) 17:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:RFD point 5. The Whispering Wind (talk) 20:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Stubbify as we have a sentence saying what it is from the nom. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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ALIAE: UK's Official Charts Company (OCC), OfficialCharts.com



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 18:57, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ALIAE: UK's Official Charts Company (OCC), OfficialCharts.com → Official Charts Company (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

I really can't work out what "ALIAE:" is supposed to mean, and it seems incredibly counterintuitive to have one redirect being used for two different things. Why would an editor use this when they could just as easily use Official Charts Company or OfficialCharts.com? See also: Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2014_January_8. A Thousand Doors (talk &#124; contribs) 11:46, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Use of Official Charts Company together with OfficialCharts.com is precluded by WP:EASTEREGG (misleading visited-link colouration). Ian, DjScrawl (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Same comment as on the linked RfD: no credible explanation provided for this bizarre redirect (is it some kind of mangled use of Latin?). —  Scott  •  talk  14:02, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Not a mangled Latin phase. Simply a Latin wordwikt:aliae: "nominative feminine plural of alius", i.e. a nominative container of aliases. Ian, DjScrawl (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I said a mangled use of Latin. Which this is. It is gibberish. —  Scott  •  talk  14:32, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete this is seriously implausible. "ALIAE" means "others" as part of the Latin phrase "et aliae" ("and others") which is used in English in the abbreviated for "et al". What on earth that has to do with the official chart's company I have been unable to establish. Even leaving out that bit, the way to include a link that uses text other than the title of the article is to use a pipe (see Help:Link and Piped link) and anyway Wikipedia's style does not allow the linking of entire sentences in this way. Thryduulf (talk) 14:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * WP:NOTBROKEN says the display text should be within the link-text, verbatim. Ian, DjScrawl (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Implausible (and weirdly mutated) redirect.  Raykyogrou0  ( Talk ) 10:18, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Typo in the United States Constitution



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:00, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Typo in the United States Constitution → United States Constitution (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * Typo in the US Constitution → United States Constitution (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

There used to be a discussion of misspellings in the United States Constitution article, but there no longer is. As far as I can tell, the material is not in any of the child articles either so cannot be retargeted. It is now a pointless redirect which only serves to lead readers into believing they will find information on misspellings if they read the entire article when in fact they will just waste their time.  Spinning Spark  10:14, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Separate nominations with identical rationales combined by Thryduulf (talk) 14:24, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * What was the material about misspellings in the United States Constitution article? Perhaps it can be rescued and formed into its own article. bd2412  T 19:21, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The material was inserted in this edit and removed in this edit (with the title changed to "original errata"), moving the material to United States Constitution as a civic religion. That article was subsequently prodded due to the material being merged into American civil religion in this diff.  It was removed in this edit for being off topic (which by now it was).  I have no opinion on whether or not it should be reinstated, but it sounds kind of trivial to me.  Spinning  Spark  00:21, 8 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Relisting comment: Armbrust The Homunculus 10:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust The Homunculus 10:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, begrudgingly (happy to hear other ideas). I'm guessing that the its/it's spelling should be covered somewhere on Wikipedia, but it isnt, and the article Articles for deletion/Errors in the United States Constitution (which also mentioned this) was closed as delete. The Pensylvania isnt worth mentioning, as that wasn't a mispelling at the time; it would deserve only the smallest of textual criticism on the Wikisource page, and of course it has its own page at Pensylvania, attested to the US Constitution no less. John Vandenberg (chat) 11:23, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually, the AFD closed as merge, not delete, and it is a merge that was carried out. It strikes me that the initial removal was an oversight, the material got accidentally caught up in another move.  However, if no one is prepared to reinstate it (and that is an issue separate from this discussion) then there is no point in keeping the redirects.  Spinning  Spark  11:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * My apology; yes, it was closed as merge - thanks for correcting me. Has this been discussed at Talk:United States Constitution recently?  If info about the typo can be reintroduced to the article, the redirect can be undeleted or recreated easily.  Whilst it is not in the article, it is misdirecting readers and wasting their time as you said in the nomination. John Vandenberg (chat) 12:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't know if it has been discussed at the article, I couldn't find anything relevant with a search of the archives. There was this discussion which at least shows editors were aware of the material.  I have left a note on the talk page pointing here.  Spinning  Spark  16:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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INTRO:



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:01, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * INTRO:PG → Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * INTRO:POLICY → Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * INTRO:GUIDE → Help:Introduction_to_policies_and_guidelines (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * INTRO:TALK → Help:Introduction_to_talk_pages (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR with a prefix that is not listed in the editing guideline WP:Shortcut. At the previous Rfd in 2011 the argument was that RfD shouldnt be setting policy, so it was kept with two keeps. Adding a new PNR should be done with community consensus. That hasnt happened. This prefix hasnt been proposed to be added to the list. In November 2013, these four redirects received 8, 6, 6 and 3 pageviews. That is 23 pageviews combined in a month, for this unapproved namespace. Help:PG and Help:Talk are shorter shortcuts. To make them even shorter, I've created H:PG and H:TALK. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:59, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per the previous discussion. RfD is still the wrong place to discuss policy - while there is no consensus that the INFO: prefix is allowed there is also no consensus that it isn't. Importantly, there is also presently no policy that says only approved prefixes may be used (although there is a proposal to that effect, it is not yet policy and was not policy when these redirects were created). If you want to disallow all the INFO: prefixes and delete all the existing uses then you need to get a consensus to do that in the appropriate venue, which is not and never will be RfD. You are of course free to renominate these with individual rationales arguing why they should be deleted (for reasons that are not for violating a non-existent policy), and my recommendation is without prejudice to such a discussion, but that is not this discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 14:19, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Shortcut is an editing guideline. Sure it is a step below a policy, but it should be followed unless there is a good reason not to.  You are advocating that this editing guideline be ignored, without much of a good reason.  What is more, RfD is where proposed prefixes for PNR are rejected. c.f. NS:, Mos: and Cat: (lowercase), CSD:, BLP:.  This INTRO: batch is hardly big and confusing.  Three of these four INTRO: redirects go to the same target!  Why split them?  I have addressed each of them by showing how long the pageviews are for each of them. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:42, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thryd, this is not a policy discussion, even though you try to make it one. Four redirects are up for deletion because their prefix is not accepted. If you want  to mean something, make a proposal. -DePiep (talk) 07:46, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fantasy prefix for unknown ns. Plus responses by Vandenberg and me to Thryduulf above. -DePiep (talk) 07:46, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Template soundtrack



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 * The result of the discussion was CSD G7 John Vandenberg (chat) 04:19, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Template soundtrack → Template:Track listing (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR created in August 2013. viewed 17 times in the last 90 days. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I created the redirect just for quick-access to the article. What's so wrong in that? Kailash29792 (talk) 06:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Template:Soundtrack already points to the right target. You're saving one shift key press with your redirect.  The problem is that "template" is a valid search term, and you're redirect is in the search results. John Vandenberg (chat) 06:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and reasoning above. —  Scott  •  talk  13:54, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Then please go ahead and delete. Kailash29792 (talk) 02:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Wp breakfast



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:02, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Wp breakfast → WikiProject Breakfast (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * Wp council → Wikipedia:WikiProject Council (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]
 * Wp wer → Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention (links to redirect • [ history] • )    [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

This WikiProject was launched in April 2013, with all the usual WP:CNR and WP:PNR such as WP:BREAKFAST and WP:breakfast, and this 'Wp breakfast' redirect was created roughly at launch. Nobody deleted it, so Wp council and Wp wer were created by the same contributor in October and November 2013 respectively. Respectfully, 'Wp ' is a valid search term for valid topics, and WP: space redirects shouldnt be in the search results. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. CNRs/PNRs should follow standard syntax. —  Scott  •  talk  13:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * See also Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2013_December_1 for precedence, including four other 'Wp ' redirects all deleted, including 'wp breakf' which also linked to WP:WikiProject Breakfast. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete all WP:XNR, these should all use the proper namespace alias WP: which is of equivalent length, and per WP:SHORTCUT they should be allcaps. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:29, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete all,  is not an accepted prefix. -DePiep (talk) 08:05, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:ASS



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 * The result of the discussion was keep. Additionally, editors are advised to forget not that I am an ass. --BDD (talk) 19:11, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ASS → Assume stupidity (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

In light of the discussions about WP:FAG and WP:CUM I think this one is equally dubious, if not more so. I find the redirect's title is not very related to its target, and therefore is eligible for deletion under WP:R, reason 5. Jinkinson  talk to me  04:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2013_November_21 and Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2013_November_8? There was also WP:FUGLY, but WP:UGLY hasnt been nominated as far as I can see. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes I am referring to the discussions you mentioned above. While both of those redirects were kept, I think this one is sufficiently different in title from its target article that it should be deleted. Jinkinson   talk to me  05:33, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Seeing as I was the creator of both article and redirect, I feel obliged to comment here. While I do not have any strong opinion about keeping or deleting the redirect, I find it fascinating that you have taken the time to bring this up for discussion when it obviously is humour, when the technical aspect of the redirect isn't controversial (not being a WP:CNR), when it doesn't hurt the project, when no other article lays claim to the redirect, and when the connection to the article title is quite obvious (Assume stupidity, pick two out of three s'es). – Elisson • T • C • 09:41, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep, harmless, can't think of a good reason to delete, and haven't seen one given by the nominator. —Kusma (t·c) 12:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Regarding the use of a naughty word, I dont see that as a reason to delete this shortcut. I don't expect many will find it offensive, especially as it is a bit of humour.  WP:FUGLY & WP:CUM are more likely to cause offense, unnecessarily.  This shortcut is in use on Motto of the day/August 22, 2013 and Motto of the day/November 4, 2013.  Some of the uses of this shortcut in discussions were (I think) intended to be links to the target of shortcut WP:ASSUME, which links to 'Assume good faith'.  There is a bit of confusion there. e.g. . In other uses it is hard to guess whether they were intending to point to 'Assume good faith' or 'Assume stupidity'; e.g.  (I'll assume the former because of AGF?). John Vandenberg (chat) 12:57, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Kusma and Elisson. Thryduulf (talk) 14:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep looks like a good redirect and besides the page is humor. Wikipedia isn't a convent.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 01:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Clarification--Another issue here is, as John Vanderberg pointed out, WP:ASS redirects to "assume stupidity," but it could just as easily redirect to "assume good faith," the latter of which is a much better-known page. In other words, this redirect is too ambiguous, and that, not the redirect's actual title, is why I think it should be deleted. Jinkinson   talk to me  20:41, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
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TPYES



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 * The result of the discussion was retarget to Type. WJBscribe (talk) 22:16, 23 January 2014 (UTC)


 * TPYES → Talk page guidelines (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR created in April 2011. Shortcut WP:TPYES already exists. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * retarget to Type (where Types redirects), this is a perfectly plausible typo and alternate capitalisation redirect. Thryduulf (talk) 14:26, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * retarget to Type per Thryduulf.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 02:02, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * REtarget per Lenticel R from typo -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. In shortcut names, we don't cover typos. Also, the fact that today is is targeted completely elsewhere proves that there is no need for this one retargeted. -DePiep (talk) 07:51, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * As a shortcut this is not a typo and if retargetted as I suggest it wont be a shortcut so your comment proves nothing. Thryduulf (talk) 10:13, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Your retarget suggestion admits that today that redirect does not exists, and is not needed. You are only inventing that need. -DePiep (talk) 09:34, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * What a bizarre comment! I'm not inventing a need any more than every other suggestion to retarget a redirect is inventing a need! Thryduulf (talk) 11:34, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure otherstuffexists. -DePiep (talk) 17:31, 21 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom, with only moderate opposition to Thryduulf's proposal to retarget to Type. We already have Types as a plural redirect, but we do not have mispelling redirects for tpyes or tpye.  If we are going to support a mispelling for 'tpyes', it should be using normal lowercase, and singular.  Search/autocomplete terms/results are not case sensitive.  If a reader puts 'TPYES' into the search bar, and sees a 'Tpyes' result, they will probably follow it.  If a reader puts 'tpyes' into the search bar, and sees a 'TPYES' result, they are more likely to believe it is an acronym and not what they are looking for.  If we have TPYES and tpyes redirects, those searches will generate two results, which is confusing.  Therefore the only use-case where 'TPYES->Type' benefits a reader more than a 'tpyes->Type' redirect is if the reader literally type http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPYES into the urlbar and press enter.  I find that use-case to be quite bizare, and not worth the cost of having both TPYES and Tpyes.  However, in general, I am less concerned about multiple mispelling redirects of varying cases, as they are not nearly as problematic as CNR.  The search engine should merge them into one search result instead of two - the mediawiki search engine doesnt do that, but it could.  I havent tested what google search does, as I dont know of multiple mainspace redirects with varying case. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There are a great many ways people can search and browse Wikipedia, almost all of them do not give search suggestions and some are case sensitive. Exactly what cost are you talking about for the redirect? Thryduulf (talk) 10:13, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The only way I know to have a case sensitive browse of Wikipedia is by typing in the URL bar, which I mentioned. Search is not case sensitive.  See Search for confirmation of that.  (I think the search result algorithm may favour uppercase, but the input can be in either upper or lowercase and the results will be the same).  Is there any other that you know of?  As for costs, I wont repeat the costs of CNR as you're not arguing to keep it as CNR.  The costs of typo redirects are that they push other results down.  The search engine doesnt read the R from block to determine priority.  In this case, entering 'tpy' in the search box should show 'tpyo' as the third result, but this redirect pushes it to fourth spot.  As I said, if this is a typo redirect, it has a lower cost and I'm less opposed to it. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:29, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The order of entries in the search results is not guaranteed to be consistent, other than exact matches should be first. In addition to the URL bar, bookmarks and some third party tools are case sensitive. Thryduulf (talk) 22:09, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak retarget As far as typo redirects go, Tpyes would be better, but as long as that's red, this would still work. --BDD (talk) 19:13, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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MOS:Common sense



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:14, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * MOS:Common sense → What & (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

The target is commonly considered to be a Manual of Style page, as is expected by editing guideline WP:Shortcut for WP:PNR starting with 'MOS:'. Created in Feb 2013. No incoming links. Plenty of other shortcuts for this section of the target page. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:20, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * It got 32 hits in the past 90 days. It isn't listed on the target page. &mdash;  rybec   08:12, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * At User talk:Legoktm the creator says "meh. I don't really care about that page...". John Vandenberg (chat) 10:15, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:37, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete for as the nom describes. Also, it has no XNR prefix, so as a mainspace pagename it is confusing to say the least (dirty and misleading may be better). -DePiep (talk) 08:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Let me add: I doubt "common sense" (reasoning) should link to "IAR" (editing) at all. They are not equal, and "use common sense" is used in many more guideline & policy places. -DePiep (talk) 09:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't disagree with the deletion, but to say this has "no XNR prefix" is just wrong. Any redirect that starts with a short sequence of letters followed by a colon and which points to a different namespace has an XNR prefix and "MOS:" is a widely used and accepted prefix for manual of style pages (WP: and WT: are namespace aliases and so redirects using them are not cross-namespace). (So regardless of the fact that this redirect is wrongly targetted to a page that is not a MOS guideline, and there isn't a suitable page in the MOS to point it to, it does have an extant and valid PNR prefix. The problem is only the target not the structure of the redirect - if there was a manual of style page about common sense then this would be a correct redirect to it. Thryduulf (talk) 13:23, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree, but can only assume that DePiep means the MOS prefix isnt being used for a MOS page, thereby meaning it is not following the guideline WP:Shortcut, and thus isnt a (valid) prefix for a PNR. That is just my reading of it.  Fwiw, this redirect is the only one which isnt style-related.  OTOH, There are four other sets of MOS shortcuts which point to style-related pages in WikiProject space, which seems reasonable so I have listed at them at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style for discussion by people who have a better idea whether this is desirable or not.  If it is, the guideline will need to be updated to indicate the MOS: shortcut is also used for style guidelines hosted by WikiProjects. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:53, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * As John writes:  is for MOS pseudo-ns, so should lead to MOS. Current target is heavily misleading. That the characters are also used as a valid pseudo-ns prefix and so is "correct" is quibbling by Thryduulf. -DePiep (talk) 08:49, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * And, of course, not any redirect with such a prefix is a valid namespace (so even less an XNR or shortcut ns). As I had to asked Paine Ellworth on various places repeatedly, in vain: where is that defined? -DePiep (talk) 08:53, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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English Wikipedia Internal Account Creation Interface



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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:15, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * English Wikipedia Internal Account Creation Interface → Request an account/Guide (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Putting "English Wikipedia" in the search bar is an unlikely way for a newbie to find information about Wikipedia, but if they did, they will see four results offered: English Wikipedia, English Wikipedia blackout, "English Wikipedia Internal...ccount Creation Interfac" and English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee. In that order. yes, a encyclopedic article is placed after a redirect to Wikipedia space. No harm in CNR, yea? (sarcasm alert) This redirect is just an attractive nuisance IMO. If we need this redirect to boost editor numbers, we're in serious trouble. The redirect was kept after user:Mhiji nominated it for deletion at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2011_January_9, based on two keep votes by user:Rossami and user:Eraserhead1. user:Eraserhead1 said their reason for keeping was as it (and many other listed on that page) was the same as Wikipedia neutral pov, which has been deleted, as were almost every other redirect that Eraserhead1 voted to keep (to be fair tho, Eraserhead1 also voted delete on some at Redirects for discussion/Log/2011 January 9, and they were also deleted ;-)). All in all, time for another test of consensus me thinks. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * It's clear that if Wikipedia NPOV should have been deleted (which I only supported with a weak keep) that it is fair enough to delete this one as well - especially if it appears before an article. -- Eraserhead1 &lt;talk&gt; 10:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:39, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:XNR to pipework. WP:NOTHOWTO ; the project page is a howto page, which is not encyclopedic content. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:21, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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Notenglish
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Notenglish → Pages needing translation into English (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR created in 2004 by retired user:Duncharris. It was recently categorised by user:Wbm1058 in December. No significant history except what is described on this RfD. Not one incoming link in nine (9) years, and surprisingly few pageviews per month (except in December) for a mainspace redirect that is this old. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:28, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom-- Lenticel ( talk ) 02:14, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete undesirable WP:XNR per nom -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. This RFD has not been following the guideline and has been deleting shortcuts like this that are harmless and useful, but this one takes the cake!  Such an old shortcut could have literally zillions of links coming in from the vast Internet, and all ya'll don't give a care for breaking all those links?  Who are you and what have you done with the people who care about Wikipedia readers??? –   Paine Ellsworth   <b style="font-size:x-small; color:blue;">C LIMAX !</b> 21:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * A Google Web search for  turned up nothing; likewise for   — but by replacing "Notenglish" with "Main_Page" I see 4450 and 9 results, respectively. I do realise that the Google index is not comprehensive. &mdash;  rybec   23:12, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Possible new targets: English as a second or foreign language, or maybe just foreign language or second language or translation. Just throwing some ideas out there. Ego White Tray (talk) 04:16, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * translation would be the best pick IMO, as that page includes a hat note to Translation. John Vandenberg (chat) 13:56, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Malformed pagename: XNR from mainspace without prefix. Also bad capitalisation for shortcut. -DePiep (talk) 14:08, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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Mos:saint
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:20, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Mos:saint → Naming conventions (clergy) (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR using 'Mos:' when the page already has MOS:SAINTS. Both created in Feb 2013. Fwiw, naming conventions pages are typically part of MOS, and Manual of Style (biographies) does refer the reader to this target for naming of clergy bios. As there is no MOS:SAINT, I suggest moving this redirect to MOS:SAINT, without leaving a redirect, thereby keeping the history. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:19, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm obviously for keeping. It's the lower-case version of mos:saints. Deleting it with no redirect serves no sensible purpose; this certainly and some of the other proposals from user JV fall well within . Similarly, if you do notice omissions like MOS:SAINT, just fix them. — Llywelyn II   03:32, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Every WP:CNR is broken by design. Search for 'rules to' in the official Wikimedia Foundation mobile app for Android and the first result is Historical archive/Rules to consider.  This happens because of the Rules to consider is a redirect to that project page; I have looked at many of the 100+ Wikipedia apps, and none of them exclude WP:CNR or "Unprintworthy redirects". They are not WP:CHEAP.  They clog up search results.  The community has a guideline on CNRs to limit the problem.  Since you have now created MOS:SAINT, I can now only say that mos:saint should be deleted. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:13, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * See also precedence for deleting Mos: at Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 August 27. At that discussion, Paine Ellsworth recommended that all 19 Mos: redirects be deleted. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:46, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Noteworthy observations. -DePiep (talk) 08:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * If they are typed, MOS:SAINT and mos:saint have the equivalent result (at least that is true if only MOS:SAINT exists). The lowercase version shouldn't be used for linking. So delete or move (don't care) per John Vandenberg. —Kusma (t·c) 12:12, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Move per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:SHORTCUT not all caps, we already have MOS:SAINT and MOS:SAINTS -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mainspace cleanup, and lowercase shortcuts are not commonl;y provided, and nom arguments. -DePiep (talk) 08:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Naming conventions (clergy) → Naming conventions (clergy) (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR polluting search results. "naming convention" has seven (7) hits including this one. Target has shortcut WP:NCCL. I've fixed the eight incoming links. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:12, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:XNR, this is not about the naming conventions as found in the real world, of clerics. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:34, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete for being an XNR with none or wrong prefix. -DePiep (talk) 09:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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NavFrame
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:21, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * NavFrame → NavFrame (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR to a template coding help page, where that template coding method has been deprecated since September 2007. The redirect was created in May 2011 by a user with 46 edits, and they copied the target page. It looks like a test edit more than anything else, and should have been deleted under WP:CSD, and several other CSDs given it was dumped into article space. The target has shortcut WP:NAVFRAME. John Vandenberg (chat) 03:02, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:50, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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ENGVAR
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:22, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * ENGVAR → Manual of Style (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR without appropriate prefix per guideline WP:Shortcut, created June 2013. MOS:ENGVAR already exists. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:50, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:XNR per nom -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. -DePiep (talk) 07:53, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Mos:co → Manual of Style (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR from 'Mos:' instead of the existing MOS:CO which follows guideline WP:Shortcut and points to the same target section. Created in September 2013. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:48, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 *  Keep  - Keep per WP:CHEAP. Mos:co is simply the same as MOS:CO, but with lower case letters.  With this redirect in place, people can reach the policy in question without shift or CAPS lock, and cite it with fewer keystrokes.  There are several pages with prefix "mos:", such as Mos:DAB, Mos:DP, Mos:Dab, Mos:Dp, Mos:TM, Mos:bio, Mos:co, Mos:dab, Mos:dabrl, Mos:date, Mos:dates, Mos:dp, Mos:head, Mos:layout, Mos:lds, Mos:names, Mos:saint, Mos:time, Mos:title and Mos:unlinkdates. --Jax 0677 (talk) 03:51, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are other ones (and thanks for listing them). This discussion is about your one.  The community has typically favoured keeping very old CNR, but deleting newly created ones.  Most of the ones you link to are quite old. John Vandenberg (chat) 04:16, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Jax 0677, see also precedence for deleting Mos: at Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 August 27. At that discussion, Paine Ellsworth recommended that all 19 Mos: redirects be deleted. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:34, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. It's important to note here that "people can reach the policy ... without shift or CAPS lock" should not be a consideration, since every ALLCAPS shortcut's lowercase equivalent can be typed into the search field and reach the same target (unless the lowercase version has been created to target something different). The only advantage is when a mos:oops link is tried on a talk page or wherever.  If it is red, some editors create it so it will turn blue.  That's just laziness when it's just as easy to make a link with all uppercase and use a shortcut that already exists. –   Paine Ellsworth   <b style="font-size:x-small; color:blue;">C LIMAX !</b> 03:26, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I agree with John here, I don't see being able to avoid holding down a key while typing less than a dozen letters as sufficient justification for creating and sustaining a whole duplicate family of CNRs. Delete. —  Scott  •  talk  13:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:SHORTCUT should be allcaps, especially the WP:XNR pseudonamespace indicator. and it already exists MOS:CO -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:36, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nom is clear. Such lowercase shortcuts are uncommon naming, and so defy the reason for existance: an obscure hidden unknown uncommon "help" by definition. -DePiep (talk) 07:56, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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NUM:MOS
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:26, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * NUM:MOS → Manual of Style/Dates and numbers (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR from prefix not listed on guideline WP:Shortcut, created in May 2012. Target has shortcut MOS:NUM, which does follow naming convention. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:42, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Before making any decision, it would be useful to answer two questions: 1) is it useful? and 2) does it make any harm? NUM:MOS is an anagram for MOS:NUM and as such it is a plausible mistake user may do. I myself typed accidentally NUM:MOS instead of MOS:NUM in the search field. I don't think that I am so unique person that nobody else does not make the similar mistake. Learning from my own mistake was a reason behind creating this redirect. So, this redirect is certainly useful as plausible mistake. For the second question, I don't see any harm this redirect does. It does not redirect to the incorrect page, it is not vandalism etc. So, taking account these two answers and also the principle that user-friendliness should prevail over formal arguments, I think that this redirect should be kept. Beagel (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The immediate harm is that NUM:MOS is a WP:CNR. It is in mainspace.  It pollutes search results.  Go to Special:Search and search for 'num'.  Better yet, download a few mobile Wikipedia apps and search for num in those apps.  A search for 'num' places NUM:MOS at position 13, in front of more useful search results like Num Tok Mhu.  Also included in the search/autocomplete results for 'num' is MOS:NUM, MoS:NUM and MOS:Num.  Four results are to a manual of style page.  This pushes other valid results like Num. R. (redirect to Numbers Rabbah) further down the list and off the first page of results.  This redirect typically receives one or two hits per month.  I doubt those hits are people making this mistake; more likely they are people wondering what the heck this is doing in their search results.  But even if we assume that there are one or two Wikipedians making this mistake per month, this redirect preferences those Wikipedians over people searching with the three letter combination 'num'.  The bigger long term harm is that if this redirect is kept, the same argument can be made for DATE:MOS, CAPS:MOS, LINK:MOS and hundreds of other MOS:* redirects.  Currently your redirect is the only one.  But why should 'NUM' be the only mistake we support?  Once deleted, if someone types NUM:MOS into the URL, they will be shown a deletion log message which should point them in the right direction.  Google and MediaWiki searches both present "MOS:NUM" as the second results for a search for "NUM:MOS".  If this redirect is deleted, searches for "NUM:MOS" will result in "MOS:NUM" being the first result. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:33, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * re Beagel: an anagram is helpful as a shortcut? Really? -DePiep (talk) 07:58, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, if it is a plausible mistake users may do. Beagel (talk) 15:09, 14 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:SHORTCUT WP:XNR using the incorrect pseudonamespace indicator. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:37, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment MoS:NUM and MOS:Num should also be deleted for not being SHORTCUT allcaps, and the incorrect pseudonamespace indicator "MoS" -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:38, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Shortcuts don't do implausible names or typos. -DePiep (talk) 07:58, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Agree if we talk about implausible names. However, redirects from plausible typos and mistakes are entirely legal. Beagel (talk) 15:09, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Not in shortcut naming, shortcuts don't serve typo variants. The "plausible typo" idea exists for within-mainspace redirects. -DePiep (talk) 09:27, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Plausible typo and harmless. Guideline says this should not be deleted, but should be treated as a misspelling.  Lot's of people put their b's before their a's and their z's before their y's.  Seems to also be an accessibility issue. –   Paine Ellsworth   <b style="font-size:x-small; color:blue;">C LIMAX !</b> 20:55, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Accessibility? Seriously? Would you mind indicating which accessibility issue is related to this? John Vandenberg (chat) 03:37, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * re PE: shortcuts don't serve typos (wikiwide). The accessability reason with "plausible typo" in mainspace exists for in-mainspace searches & redirects. And let's not forget that this pagename is polluting mainspace. -DePiep (talk) 09:31, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete ~ The initial rationale and following discussion are convincing. Doing it backwards in the wrong namespace is a little kinky, in my opinion. --Izno (talk) 04:30, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Some people are into that kind of thing. I consider it to be a grave moral disorder. —  Scott  •  talk  14:29, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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Medmos
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:29, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Medmos → Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR not following guideline at WP:Shortcut. Target has shortcut MOS:MED. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:XNR per nom, using incorrect WP:SHORTCUT formatting, and improperly indicating the pseudonamespace indicator "MOS:" -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:39, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. No reason to cover anagram typos without prefix. -DePiep (talk) 08:51, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. This was created for "ease finding it", created to make it easier for project contributors, as are most of these useful, harmless redirect shortcuts that have been deleted recently.  This was created in 2009, and who knows how many links come to it from outside Wikipedia and even from sister projects?  These are cheap redirects and it's time people started reading all the guidelines – to include the one about not deleting the older CNRs – before they cry DELETE.  These are still good search terms and we don't want to break links to them.  This is probably just a single voice in the wilderness, but too many good, useful and harmless shortcuts have been deleted lately.  Just too many!  Joys! –   Paine Ellsworth   <b style="font-size:x-small; color:blue;">C LIMAX !</b> 20:50, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * How about redirecting to memo as a mispelling of the plural? That's what the Google suggests. Ego White Tray (talk) 04:20, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:30, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Manual of Style (mathematics) → Manual of Style/Mathematics (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR without the appropriate prefix. It was created in 2005, probably before there was much clarity about appropriate prefixes and the like. It appears in the search results for 'manual of style', which should contain only manual of style and redirects Manual of Style for Technical Publications, but also includes this nominated redirect and the now deleted Manual of style register (deleted two days ago, but lingering in the search cache) as the result of Redirects for discussion/Log/2014 January 4. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:17, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom ; this is not about various mathematics manuals of style, it is about Wikipedia's guidelines, and is therefore not encyclopedic content. WP:REDLINK, various math style guides may be encyclopedic. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:23, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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Terms should only be wikilinked once
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:30, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Terms should only be wikilinked once ? Manual of Style/Linking (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Manual of Style WP:CNR created in 2011 without a prefix. They have a shortcut WP:OVERLINK and WP:REPEATLINK. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:05, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTHOWTO, essentially making a howto as encyclopedic content. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 06:24, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:31, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * WPMOS ? Manual of Style (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR without a colon created in December 2012. WP:MOS already exists. John Vandenberg (chat) 02:00, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:44, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, low traffic + irregular use, indicates its not of high priority, Sadads (talk) 14:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete incorrect WP:XNR missing the colon to activate the namespace alias. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:39, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per the nom. Also, it is implausible, nointuitive abbreviation so it does not serve or help as a memory-aide abbreviation. -DePiep (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete While "WPMOS" is a plausible, intuitive abbreviation for the Wikipedia Manual of Style, it is not likely to be used given the WP: standard. If Wikipedia's manual of style had an encyclopaedia article, then I would recommend targetting it to that but as it doesn't I can't find any mainspace target to which it should point leaving only deletion. Thryduulf (talk) 13:32, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: It seems that I originally created this redirect, probably because I'd mistyped it without the colon, and was surprised not to be redirected.  Clearly it's intended to be of use to editors rather than casual readers, but if there's a consensus against it I'm not bothered if it's removed.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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MOSS:SECTION HEAD
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 * The result of the discussion was Speedily deleted under R3 under G7. Since this is 100% unused (outside of the two wikilinks created by this TfD nom) and obviously a simple misspelling, its deletion seems entirely uncontroversial. about 20 months is arguably "recent" but the concept of recentism is highly subjective anyways. ☺ ·   Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  02:10, 13 January 2014 (UTC)


 * MOSS:SECTION HEAD ? Manual of Style (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

Incorrect prefix for WP:CNR; created in April 2012. WP:Shortcut says it should be MOS:. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
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List of editors
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:31, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * List of editors ? List of Wikipedians by number of edits (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

WP:CNR created in December 2012. The word 'editors' should not be misused this way in mainspace. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:53, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete' the closest possible home for this redirect is List of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada but I think it would be a stretch to link it there. Better delete it for now.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 02:16, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:XNR not encyclopedic content, our list of users is not encyclopedic content -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:40, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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MOS:USERGENERATED
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:33, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * MOS:USERGENERATED ? User pages (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

The original target of this shortcut (created March 2011 by admin user:nightscream) was the same as the shortcut WP:USERGENERATED, that being Identifying_reliable_sources. That target is not part of the Manual of Style. In November 2013 user:Paine Ellsworth  retargetted it to User pages. That is even further away from a MOS page. I believe it should be deleted, as it has never been an appropriate MOS: PNR, which the guideline WP:Shortcut says should point to Manual of Style pages. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Both targets, old and new, are "content" guidelines, not "style" guidelines.  When this shortcut is linked on talk pages, it misleads contributors.  I looked for a better target but have not been able to find one.  Suitable for the can. –   Paine Ellsworth   <b style="font-size:x-small; color:blue;">C LIMAX !</b> 02:03, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —  Scott  •  talk  13:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. As nom describes, an incoirrect target and already served otherwise. -DePiep (talk) 07:48, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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<span id="Self-published sources (online and paper)">Self-published sources (online and paper)
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 * The result of the discussion was delete. --BDD (talk) 19:34, 22 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Self-published sources (online and paper) ? Identifying reliable sources (links to redirect • [ history] • )     [ Closure: [ keep]/[ delete] ]

This WP:CNR was created in August 2011. A search for "self-publish" in the search box has two results offered to the reader: self-publishing and then this redirect which is displayed as "self-published sourc...(online and paper)" and redirects the user to Identifying_reliable_sources. There should only be one search result, so the reader does not need to consider which one they should pick: the encyclopedic article. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:38, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I do not oppose removal of these redirects if the community thinks it best. Sorry if their creation caused any inconsistency or other problems. Nightscream (talk) 01:43, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. No harm done. —  Scott  •  talk  13:46, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete not encyclopedic content WP:XNR ; our guide is not about self-published sources, it is ahout usage on Wikipedia. -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 07:42, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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